#THE SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURTS (JURISDICTION) ACT, 1950 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title and extent. 
2. Definition. 
3. Jurisdiction of special Criminal Courts to try offences with respect to matters in the Union List. 
4. Power to add to Schedule. 
5. Repeal of Ordinance. 
THE SCHEDULE. 



#THE SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURTS (JURISDICTION) ACT, 1950 

##ACT NO. 18 OF 1950 

[10th March, 1950.] 

An  Act  to  confer  upon  special  criminal  Courts,  constituted  by  or  under  certain  State  laws, 
  jurisdiction to try offences against laws with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the 
  Union List. 

BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:— 

1. **Short title and extent.**—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Special  Criminal  Courts  (Jurisdiction) 
Act, 1950. 

(2) It  extends  to  the  whole  of  India  except the territories which, immediately  before  the  1st 
November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States. 

2. **Definition.**—In  this  Act,  “special  Criminal  Court”  means  any  special  Court  of  criminal  jurisdiction 
constituted by or under any law included in the Schedule. 

3. **Jurisdiction of special Criminal Courts to try offences with respect to matters in the Union 
List.**—Notwithstanding anything contained in law for the time being in force, it shall be lawful for any special 
Criminal  Court  to  try  offences  against  laws  with  respect  to  any  of  the  matters  enumerated  in  List  I  in  the 
Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, if such court is otherwise competent to try such offence under the law 
constituting it. 

4. **Power to add to Schedule.**—The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add 
to the Schedule any other State law providing for the trial of offences by special Criminal Courts, and any such 
addition shall take effect as if such law had been included in the Schedule by this Act. 

5. **Repeal of Ordinance.**—(1) The Special Criminal Courts (Jurisdiction) Ordinance, 1950 (7 of 1950), is 
hereby repealed. 

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken in the exercise of any power conferred 
by  or  under  the  said  Ordinance  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  done  or  taken  in  the  exercise  of  the  powers 
conferred by or under this Act as if this Act were in force on the day on which such thing was done or action 
was taken. 



###THE SCHEDULE 

*(See* section 2) 
 
| Year | No. | Short title |
| --- | --- | ---- |
| 1947 | 6 | The Bombay Public Security Measures Act, 1947 |
| 1948 | 62 | The Central Provinces and Berar Public Safety Act, 1948. |
| 1949 | 3 | The West Bengal Special Courts Ordinance, 1949 |
| 1950 | 10 | The West Bengal Special Courts Act, 1950 |
| 1950 | 19 | The Assam Special Courts Act, 1950. |
| 1949 | 21 | The West Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Special Courts) Act, 1949. |
| 1952 | 1 | The  Tribunals  of  Criminal  Jurisdiction  Ordinance,  952  (West  Bengal Ordinance. (1 of 1952). |